Three levels of lateral inhibition: A space-time study of the retina of the tiger salamander

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1941-1951

  Roska, Botond ^a   Nemeth, Erik ^a   Orzo, Laszlo ^a   Werblin, Frank S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Feedback; GABA; Inhibition; Patch clamp; Retina

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SALAMANDER; SPACE; TIME; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0034161623     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-05-01941.2000     Document Type: Article

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